Proxy Type Comparisons
Side-by-side breakdowns of proxy types and technologies, written from operating experience.
Comparison
Mobile vs Residential Proxies
Mobile proxies route traffic through carrier IPs with the highest platform trust; residential proxies use household IPs at a fraction of the cost.
ComparisonResidential vs Datacenter Proxies
Residential proxies look like real home users and pass strict anti-bot checks; datacenter proxies are faster and 5-10x cheaper but easy to identify.
ComparisonISP vs Residential Proxies
ISP (static residential) proxies combine datacenter speed with residential-looking ASNs; rotating residential gives you millions of real household IPs instead of a few static ones.